Improvement in machines for turning handles



Patented June 20,1876.

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N. PETERS. PHDTQLITNOGRAPEER, WASHINGTON. D O.

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No,17 9,068 Patented sunefzo, 1876 7; V H A? INVENTEHK.

WITNESSES;

",PETERS, PHOTOLITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON, D C- STATES THOMAS SEELY ANDJOHN 1v. GHILOOTE, OF EDGERTON, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINES FOR TURNING HANDLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 179,068, dated June 20,I876; application filed October 19, 1875. v

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, THOMAS SEELY and JOHN N. OHILCOTE, of Ed gerton, inthe county of Williams and State of Ohio, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Machine for Turning Handles; and we do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itpertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, which form part of this specification.

The nature of our invention consists in the construction and arrangementof a machine for turning handles for brooms, hoes, spades, orotherarticles, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

The accompanying drawings, to which reference is made, fully illustrateour invention.

A represents a frame of any suitable construction, in which is mounted ashaft, B, provided atone end with cog-wheel 0, said cogwheel receivingits motion from a pinion, a, mounted upon a short shaft having a pulley,I), connected by a belt with a pulley on a counter-shaft. On the shaftB, near the cogwheel 0, are mounted two circular wheels or disks, D D,which have suitable journal-boxes attached to their outer edges, atequal distances apart, to contain five spindles, d, and each spindle is,between the disks, provided with a pulley, e. In a full-sized machinethese pulleys are all to be run by a single belt from a pulley on thecounter-shaft, said belt being so arranged with belt-tighteners thatfour of the pulleys will be revolved at atime and one remain stationary;and as soon as the stationary pulley, by the revolution of the disks D,comes in contact with the belt, the next pulley in the series will passaway from the belt and cease revolving, and so on each pulley, in turn,remains stationary for a short time. On the opposite end of the shaft Bis secured another wheel or disk, D, and this disk is connected with theinner one of the two disks D by bars E E, which form guides for themovable knife-blocks G, of which there are one for each spindle.

In the drawing we have shown only one of these knife-blocks, and one setof devices to operate in connection therewith; but it must be understoodthat in a full-sized machine there are a series of such blocks anddevices, corresponding in number with the number of the spindles.

f is the knifeattached to the knife-block G for turning the stick,'an dback of said knife is a feed-ring, h. This feed-ring is constructed oftwo steel plates or rings screwed fast to an i .screw, thus preventingit from turning and allowingthe handle or stick to turn in it, making ascrew-feed. Back of the feed-ring h are the finishing-knives 41, madefast to aframe, k, and this frame held to the block G by bolts passingthrough slots in the frame, so that the frame maybe held against apattern, H, by means of a spring, m, said pattern being secured to oneof the guides E, as shown. On the end of each spindle d is a dog, a, forre volving the handle, said dog being made by drilling a large hole inthe end of a piece of metal, 1, the length and size required for thedog, and then placing pins 2 in the hole in their proper places, and thespaces between them filled in with hot metal, 3. In the other end is asmaller hole to connect it to thespindle. At the opposite ends of theguides E is a block, I, containing the tail-spindle p on a direct linewith the head-spindle e. The outer end of the tail-spindle p is placedin a box, T, which is held in a pivoted lever, J, in the periphery ofthe disk D, the outer end of said lever having a hook or bend, s. Underthe disk D is an incline, K, with a slot or notch, m, at a suitablepoint thereon. At the side of said disk is another incline, L, havingalso a slot or notch, y. In the top of the frame A is a feed-bar, M, andin the bottom another feedbar, N. On the shaft B, in the center, is afive-armed wheel, 0, the outer end of each .arm being forked, and havingan L-shaped -knii'e-block to the head-spindle:

wheel 0, is secured a disk, R, on the shaft B, and on the same arehinged L-shaped rests S S, which are connected by a rod, 12, said rodpassing through the disk D, and. having a hook, w, on its end. Theserests are held down by means of springs a a;

N The operatiouof the machine is as follows The wheels D D revolve tothe left, and the spindles d to the right, the wheels making about tworevolutions per minute in turning a broom-handle. The spindles d arerevolved by the belt around the pulleys e, as described, the one pulleynot touched by said belt ceasing to revolve while the wheels D D makenearly one-fourth of a revolution, this being the time and place fortaking the handle out and putting a new stick in the machine. When thestick has been placed between the head and tail spindles, the wheels D Drevolving at the same time brings the pulley d in contact with the beltwhich puts the stick in motion. Then the knife-block G is brought intoaction by the set-screw in the knife-block coming in contact with thefeed-bar M, which starts the knife-block on the stickto be turned, theknife, in the advance of the knife-block, cutting the stick the propersize to screw sufficiently tight in the feed-ring h to carry" the Whilethe knife-block is performing this work the wheels 1) D will make aboutone-half of arevolution, which brings the set-screw in the knife-block Gagainst thefeed-bar N, that forces the knifeblock off of the handle. Thehandle then, being finished, is dropped out by the tail-spindle 1),being disengaged by means of the lever J working against the incline K,which moves I said spindle backward. This spindle is held back by thelever until the handle has dropped out and another stick placed in therests S, when the lever J passes through the notch a; in the incline K,and the tail-spindle is pressed against the end of the stick by thelever J working against the inner side of the incline, and held againstthe stick while being turned by means of a spring, 1), connecting thelever with the block I. As soon as the handle has dropped out theknife-block G is thrown back to the tail-spindle by means of a belt, andthe rests S are raised by the hook w on the end of the rod '11, workingagainst the incline L.

While thus raised they center the stick, and as soon as the stick isfastened by the tailspindle, as above described, the hook to passesthrough the notch y, and the rests S are thrown what we claim as new,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The dogs at, consisting of the bored-out cylinder 1, pins or plates2, and filling of metal 3, substantially as specified.

2. The combination of the revolving disks D D and D, guides EE,connected thereto, and the knife-block G, movable on said guides,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination, with the movable knifeblock G, of the knife f,feed-ring Ir, finishingknives 13, frame 70, and spring m, substantiallyas and for the purpose herein set forth.

4. The combination of the rests S S, with springs a, rod 02, with hook212, and incline L, with notch y, for the purpose herein set forth.

5. The L-shaped lever or center rest P, with spring t, in combinationwith the knife-block G, for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing we have hereunto set our handsthis 30th day of September, 1875.

THOMAS SEELY. JOHN N. GHILGOTE.

Witnesses:

CHRISTIAN G. YAGKEE, J OHN L. TERPENING.

